A few weeks ago my car heater packed up. It’s surprising how something so simple can be so disruptive! Aside from driving to work and back every day in a car that is colder inside than your fridge at home, when it rained, the car steamed up and made it impossible to see out of all of the windows!

I booked the car in to be checked out at Vauxhall and must admit they did a very good job. They identified that the heater blower motor had packed up and even had the part in stock to replace it there and then. After about a two hour wait it was finished and its obvious now that the old motor had been on it’s way out for some time. The new one, on full power, could remove paint better than a paint stripping heat gun!

After having the heater fixed there was more bad news to follow, the service manager told me that both front tyres were bordering on illegal and needed to be replaced. I made a call to a Jet Tyres, a company not too far from my house and they were £35 cheaper per tyre than Vauxhall. Needless to say I decided to pop in there on the way home and get them sorted, it’s always best to shop around for the best price!

On top of that expense I also had to pay £215 for my road tax and my car still needs a full service plus the air conditioning needs to be re-gassed. So far this year my car has run my bank account dry, right to the last penny. A total of nearly £1000 worth of repairs and necessities! Ouch!

Oh, I forgot to mention, my MOT is due at the beginning of next month plus my car insurance is up for renewal at the same time! Owning a car is expensive!